The intention is to introduce you to the people who have been carving their own path...with no care for what anybody thinks.

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Up until a few days ago, I was completely ignorant of this man's life and work. I won't start pretending otherwise. The liner notes are included which eloquently provide the background to this music. The majority of these recordings were made in 1959 ... with the earliest being 1944. Consider that as you listen to these absolutely astonishing recordings.

One of the landmark compilations of what, in the mid-1990s, was called "isolationist" dark ambient music. It came out on Manifold Records, a wonderful American label that is worth investigating if you aren't already a fan. This disc, from 1994, features music by Paul Schutze, KK Null, P. Children, James Plotkin, Trance, Sheephead, Pointless Orchestra, and Lull.

As well as tracks from P16.D4, there's Fröhliche Eiszeit, Gerd Neumann's No Aid, Jean Gilbert and Toto Lotto. Other than P16.D4, everybody else have disappeared into relative obscurity. So it's thanks to Wahrnehmungen for releasing this LP in 1981 and allowing us to glimpse the weird and wild frontiers that were German post-punk ...

You also get then current and former members of these formations as [Charles] Rogalli (aka Ralf Wehowsky), LLL (aka Joachim Pense), Kasperle Killerpilz and Ertrinken Vakuum (both the work of Thomas Memmler), Kurzschluss (Joachim Stender and Ralf Wehowsky) and Der Apathische Alptraum (Roger Schönauer). You also get the forgotten El'A and Les Crêpes but I don't know which of the assembled people were responsible for these.

Whilst this begins with a found sound field recording feel, it doesn't take long for Jacob to bring the (subdued) noise. A stunning journey across internal landscapes that grips from the very start and doesn't let go.

The title provides a good hint about what this album is: part two of Charnel House's percussion-centric compilation series! I like this one even more than part one (posted yesterday). Tracks by Jonathan Kane (of Swans), Life Garden, Illusion of Safety, Left Hand Right Hand, Voice of Eye,Crash Worship,Trance, and others. My favorite track on here, though, is the one by a totally obscure duo called Trondant Shaman who, according to Discogs, only made a few cassettes in 1989/1990 and called it a day.va - Arrhythmia II - Compilation of Percussive MusicRead more...

Sounds like a lovely place to visit but I wouldn't want to do the weeding.

Have you ever wondered what a synth interpretation of social chaos and 21st century degradation would sound like? Well, you're in luck. Loke Rahbek captures it beautifully on this seven times C10 box set that was released on Posh Isolation in 2014.

The last Darren Tate post (for now) came out on Paul Bradley's Twenty Hertz label as a CDR in 2006. This one includes a rare contribution from Daisuke Suzuki, who runs the sporadic Siren Records label and does occasional work with Andrew Chalk.

Lieutenant Caramel is the work of Philippe Blanchard ... a genius of media manipulation who never forgets to keep his tongue firmly embedded in his cheek.

This is a double CD containing remastered versions of his earlier work (between 1984 and 1993 with a heavy focus towards the former). On discogs, this is ultra-cheap. Which only goes to show that people know the worth of everything but the value of nothing! Or the other way around depending on which version makes my point more worthy ...

If you have ever chased the ten double CD "Archives Of Dizastar Sources" released on Ignuitas in 2007 then don't waste your time. All of it had already been released and it is here on this post and the previous post.